Distance from the record
This close sat 67.61% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 8 December 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $15.74 per troy ounce on 8 December 2017, up $0.021 (0.13%) from the previous close of $15.72.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.13% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 67.61% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 242 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.02, making this a -7.57% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.74 per troy ounce on 8 December 2017. That is $0.02 higher than the previous close of $15.72, a move of 0.13%.
The silver price rose on 8 December 2017, gaining $0.02 (0.13%) against the previous session's close of $15.72.
At $15.74 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.51 on 8 December 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.1 on 8 December 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 December 2017, silver was around $17.06 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.74 is a loss of 7.8% over the week.
A month before 8 December 2017, silver was around $17.11 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.74 is a loss of 8.0% over the month.
It closed 67.61% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.